[AccessD] Reading an .ldb File

You can also view the contents of the ldb files directly using MS Word.
Just right click on the filename, select open with and select MS Word.
You will see a list of user names.

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Jones
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:59 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Reading an .ldb File

Nice!  Thanks for sharing - I'm way too excited about this new trick!
Susan


At 01:47 PM 4/9/08, you wrote:

>Just for FYI:
>
>This morning I was working with a customer where someone had opened a
>database which we needed to close, but we didn't have way of finding
out who
>had opened it.  Out of frustration, I made a copy of the .ldb file,
changed
>the .ldb to .txt, and opened the file.  Lo and Behold - the user names
and
>computer names of the logged in users were displayed.
>
>Interestingly, it appears that the first person who logs in has their
user
>displayed as Admin, not their actual user name.  But because the
computer
>name was correct, we were able to figure out who it was and get him to
close
>his instance of Access.
>
>The computer names and user names are all in the first row of text, so
you
>may want to hit the Enter key a few times for better readability.
>
>Perhaps this would be useful...!
>Dan
>
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